Hope somebody can confirm my suspicions. I'm off on my holidays next week, so time's a bit short. Does this sound like a shot wheel bearing to you, or are there other things it could be?
I'm getting an intermittent squeal from the front nearside on my Xantia (1.8i, non-ABS). It's pretty piercing, especially when I'm turning very gently to the right rather than driving straight ahead. A touch on either the brake pedal or the handbrake quietens it until the next time I turn a right-hand corner, then it starts again. Brake pads and discs are in good shape.
I expect to turn quite a lot of right-hand corners on my holiday!
Thanks
M
Mike
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Just an update, fellers. I've just had the car back from the garage (no time/inclination to do it myself) - and guess what? EVERYBODY was right.
The squeal while turning gently right was indeed a shot wheel bearing on the nearside front. It wasn't loose, but it was obviously loose enough to be making a row.
However, there was also some sticktion in the brake caliper and a bit of binding on one pad. Freed up, new pads, problem sorted.
Thanks to everyone for all the help. Holidays, here we come!
Mike
The squeal while turning gently right was indeed a shot wheel bearing on the nearside front. It wasn't loose, but it was obviously loose enough to be making a row.
However, there was also some sticktion in the brake caliper and a bit of binding on one pad. Freed up, new pads, problem sorted.
Thanks to everyone for all the help. Holidays, here we come!
Mike
Forum does it again, this was the exact symptom I had last night on my mechanically similar 205. In a straight line perfect, but slight movement of the steering and a squeek.
I found in my case, the advice above that wheel bearings dont squeek was spot on. The CV boot somehow had imploded like a vacuum and the grease had come out. Snipped off the cable tie let the air in, put more grease in and its just fine again.
So far every little job Ive needed to do is here in the forum!
I found in my case, the advice above that wheel bearings dont squeek was spot on. The CV boot somehow had imploded like a vacuum and the grease had come out. Snipped off the cable tie let the air in, put more grease in and its just fine again.
So far every little job Ive needed to do is here in the forum!